[comp.sys.sun] Anyone used SunCORE and SunView?

spetz@qucis.queensu.ca (Troy D. Spetz) (01/05/89)

I'm currently attempting to implement my Master's thesis -- a user
interface design.  I'm using SunView for the window management and SunCORE
for the graphics toolkit (similar to MacDraw).  I have two major and
frustrating problems:

1. I cannot integrate SunCORE windows with the SunView windows -- CORE
seems to overtake whatever C-shell the application is executed in.  I have
a Graphics window with buttons to draw boxes, lines, etc. but I cannot get
the actual drawing/editing to be done in the SunView window.  Has anyone
been successful in combining the two?

2. While SunCORE output has been extremely easy (and even a bit fun), I
have not been able to get mouse input to work at all.  CORE does not seem
to be grabbing any of my mouse's actions.  The small hand pointer appears
on the screen, but none of the input functions return any values other
than NULL.  What am I missing or doing wrong?

Do you have any good references on CORE?  Perhaps the most helpful thing
would be some working CORE code that uses mouse input.

Many thanks for any help you can provide ... it may me the difference
between passing and failing my defense.

Troy D. Spetz
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario